Railway cross-tie.



No. 846,935 PATENTED MAR. 12', 1907. I E. E. BJMOGLINTOGK.

' RAILWAY CROSS TIE. 7 APPLICATION FILED we. 23, 1905;.

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RAILWAY CROSS-TIE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed August 23, 1906. Serial No. 331,689.

To all whono it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER E. B. McCLIN- TOOK, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Railway Cross-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in a railway crosstie of open channel formation, whereby water falling thereon is conducted laterally to both sides of the road-bed.

It further consists in peculiar means whereby the track-rails are secured to the tie, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of the said invention which follows reference is made to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and in which Figure 1 is a cross-section of the rails of a railway-track, together with an exterior side view of one of the improved ties, to which the rails are secured. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of the improved tie. Fig. 3 is a side view of a hooked bolt adapted to be used with others of like character and certain plates to secure the track-rails within recesses formed for them in the side walls of the cross-tie. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the plates just referred to.

Referring now to the drawing, 1 is the improved cross-tie, which is of open channel formthat is to say, it consists of the base a and the vertical walls I).

The cross-tie is made from a plate of iron or steel by rolling or stamping, and in the vertical walls I) are formed depressions 2 for the reception of the flanged base of the trackrails.

The depressions 2 at one end are undercut and fit a portion of one of the flanges of the rails, the end of the overhanging piece 0 extending to near the web of the rail, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The other end of the depressions is not undercut in order to admit of the placing of the rails, and the rails are locked by means of plates 3, one lateral edge of which rests in a notch 4 and the other edge bearing against the web of the rails, and bolts 5, which draw the under side of the plates tightly in contact with the upper surface of the flanges of the rail which adjoins them.

r01 reasons of economy the plates 3 are made from flat plate-iron, and to adapt their under surface to bear on the entire upper surface of the flanges of the track-rails covered by them, the notches 4 are formed with the same angle of inclination as the said flanges, and in order that the plates 3 may serve as devices to bind together the said walls of the cross-tie they are notched to fit over the edges of the said walls, as best shown in Fig. 4.

The bolts 5 are provided with hooks d, (see Fig. 3,) which pass through holes 6 in the side walls I) from the outside of the tie.

The hole e is shown in full lines in Fig. 2 as circular; but it may be in the form of an in clined slot, as shown by the dotted delineation in Fig. 2, in which case the hook will be passed through the hole while the bolt is in an obli ue position and then righted when it cannot e withdrawn.

If desired, the improved cross-tie may have a holef (shown only in dotted lines in Fig. 1) in its base, through which a bolt may be driven into the road-bed to prevent the cross-tie sliding; but it is not likely that such an expedient will be necessary or desirable.

It is intended that the cross-ties shall be filled with broken stone, which will allow rain water to pass to their bottom and run thence to the sides of the road-bed, and in view of this filling the bolts 5 are applied from the outside of the walls of the cross-tie, as before stated, which admits of broken bolts being easily removed and others substituted for them.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination with railway-track rails, a cross-tie of channel formation having in its vertical walls depressions for the rails, each depression being undercut at one end to flt the adjacent flange of a rail, and at the other end provided with a notch having an upper surface corresponding in angle of inclination with the upper surface of the flange of the rails, a plate which is laid in the said inclined notch and covers the other flange of the rail with its ends extending beyond the vertical walls where they are provided with bolt-holes and bolts which pass through the said holes to hold the said plate in position, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with railway-track rails a cross-tie of channel formation having in its vertical walls depressions for the rails, each depression being undercut at one end to fit the adjacent flange of a rail, and at the other passed through holes in the said vertical walls end provided with a notch having an upper from the outside thereof to hold the said plate surface corresponding in angle of inclination in position, substantially as specified.

With the upper surface of the flange of the l ELMER E. B. MOCLINTOCK. rails, a plate which is laid in the said in- Witnesses:

clined notch and covers the other flange of THOMAS G. HULL,

the rail, and bolts having hooks which are WM. T. HOWARD. 

